Edmundo Gonzalez, the candidate for the opposition party in Venezuela’s presidential election in July and Nicolas Maduro’s political opponent, was forced to flee Venezuela. Gonzalez arrived with his wife in Spain on Sunday,

Nicolás Maduro has gotten what he wants. For now. Following the playbook of autocratic leaders before him, Venezuela’s president launched a campaign of repression against his own people in an attempt to squelch an opposition movement not seen since the rise of his idol Hugo Chávez over two decades ago.